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NIGERIA: ADAMAWA GOVERNOR PARDONS FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HERDER 23 December 2025 Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on December 23, 2025 granted a full pardon to Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was sentenced to death in 2019 for killing a herder during a confrontation on his farmland.  Read everything

IRAN - On 24 December, Iran reached and exceeded 2100 hangings since the beginning of 2025

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IRAN - 3 men executed in various prisons on December 25

27 December 2025

Amin Safari, Majid Khani, Heshmat Beigi

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IRAN - Eskandar Bakhshoudeh executed in Isfahan on December 24

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IRAN - 9 men executed in various prisons on December 23

27 December 2025

Mohammad Hassan Sharafi, Emad Asaf, Afshin Tusi, Habib Amouri, Naser Jannatpour, Rastin Karami, Jalal Taheri, Milad Norouzi, Yadollah Almasi

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IRAN - Taher Bastani executed in Isfahan on December 22

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IRAN - Rastin Karami executed in Sanandaj on December 21

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IRAN - Yaser Ghoreishi and Mohammadreza Nikkhah executed in Ghaemshahr on December 23

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IRAN - 1 woman, 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 17

27 December 2025

Mahin Rashidi, Abbas Alami, Naser Faraji, Tohid Barzegar and Jamshid Amirfazli

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IRAN - Mostafa Keifari and Sohrab Majidi executed on December 24

26 December 2025

20 executions on December 24

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IRAN - 6 men executed in various prisons on December 23

25 December 2025

Sepehr Moradi, Pejman Saeedi, + 4.

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IRAN - 4 men executed in various prisons on December 24

25 December 2025

Yarmohammad Saljouqi, Jahanshah Rashidian, Behrouz Sheikhi, … Rastegari

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USA - Pennsylvania. Kevin Marinelli resentenced to life in prison without parole

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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything
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